If using a binder, getting the largest one available is best. Place two pocket folders for each student in it. Make the folders different colors. This way, small notes and administrative slips of paper may be placed in one of the pocket folders. Assessment results and student work examples may be kept in the second pocket folder.
When you use file cards, punch a hole in the top left corner of the card and put it on a ring. Write the name of each student on a file card in alphabetical order. When the student's card is filled with the assessment data you choose, you can remove it from the stack, store it in a designated place and add a new card.
Some teachers prefer to keep all of the information they have gathered about students in individual student folders. Folders can contain multiple assessments and can be used particularly when conferencing with parents. Be sure to have a place in the classroom to store student folders when they are not being used. Plastic crates or storage bins work well. Folders contain any type of assessment data either in the pocket or attached in the center. Some teachers like to write anecdotes directly in the folder, while others write on sticky labels and then transfer them to a folder.
4) Clipboard
source- http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/align/c15768,.htm Sometimes keeping a clipboard is the most convenient way to collect assessment data for your students. Teachers keep anecdotal record forms and other types of forms, along with labels, in the clipboard. Be sure to write the names of all your students either on the forms or labels, depending on what type of data collection method you choose. This will help ensure that you collect weekly data for each of your students. You may want to place the forms or labels alphabetically by student last name so when you need to retrieve data, it is easy to locate a particular student. Later on, place all of your documented information in the student file or folder.
Sometimes you need to collect similar information for all of your students. A class record chart helps you organize this type of record keeping. The chart can be used to list the different genre students are reading, a writing piece each student has chosen to revise or edit, or student responses to a whole or small group lesson.
Checklists are effective record keeping tools that can be used to identify certain observable behaviors. Teachers generally create their own checklists to reflect what kind of learning is going on in the class and what individual students are actually learning. After identifying specific behaviors to document, teachers look specifically at those items and then check them off as they are observed.
(above link has worksheets to keep track of students running reading assessments to monitor growth over time)
8) Online Grading Systems
online grading systems allow teachers to electronically enter students grades and keep up with them on the computer. Often programs that allow teachers to do this will graph the students grades and show progress as well as class averages. Parent Portal connects to this so parents can see what the students are doing as well. Different systems vary for each school.
Create an assignment basket or tray.Use a basket or tray for students to turn in assignments. You can have a different basket or tray for each class or subject. Then train your students to turn in assignments in these places.
Assign the same number to each student that you used in your grade book. Have each student write his or her number on every assignment. Use corresponding student numbers to label all student materials, including mailboxes.
Assessment Record Keeping Ideas for a Third Grade Teacher
1) Binder and Folder System
source-http://suite101.com/article/classroom-records-management-for-teachers-a76538If using a binder, getting the largest one available is best. Place two pocket folders for each student in it. Make the folders different colors. This way, small notes and administrative slips of paper may be placed in one of the pocket folders. Assessment results and student work examples may be kept in the second pocket folder.
2)Index Card and Ring
source-http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/align/c15768,.htmWhen you use file cards, punch a hole in the top left corner of the card and put it on a ring. Write the name of each student on a file card in alphabetical order. When the student's card is filled with the assessment data you choose, you can remove it from the stack, store it in a designated place and add a new card.
3) Individual Student Folders
source- http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/align/c15768,.htmSome teachers prefer to keep all of the information they have gathered about students in individual student folders. Folders can contain multiple assessments and can be used particularly when conferencing with parents. Be sure to have a place in the classroom to store student folders when they are not being used. Plastic crates or storage bins work well. Folders contain any type of assessment data either in the pocket or attached in the center. Some teachers like to write anecdotes directly in the folder, while others write on sticky labels and then transfer them to a folder.
4) Clipboard
source- http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/align/c15768,.htmSometimes keeping a clipboard is the most convenient way to collect assessment data for your students. Teachers keep anecdotal record forms and other types of forms, along with labels, in the clipboard. Be sure to write the names of all your students either on the forms or labels, depending on what type of data collection method you choose. This will help ensure that you collect weekly data for each of your students. You may want to place the forms or labels alphabetically by student last name so when you need to retrieve data, it is easy to locate a particular student. Later on, place all of your documented information in the student file or folder.
5) Class RecorChart
source- http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/align/c15768,.htmSometimes you need to collect similar information for all of your students. A class record chart helps you organize this type of record keeping. The chart can be used to list the different genre students are reading, a writing piece each student has chosen to revise or edit, or student responses to a whole or small group lesson.
6) Checklists
source- http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/align/c15768,.htmChecklists are effective record keeping tools that can be used to identify certain observable behaviors. Teachers generally create their own checklists to reflect what kind of learning is going on in the class and what individual students are actually learning. After identifying specific behaviors to document, teachers look specifically at those items and then check them off as they are observed.
7)Running Record For Reading
source- https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Nqou3fOm91MmVhZGM2OGMtY2FlYi00YzkyLTk1ODYtM2U2YmMzYTRhZGYz/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1(above link has worksheets to keep track of students running reading assessments to monitor growth over time)
8) Online Grading Systems
online grading systems allow teachers to electronically enter students grades and keep up with them on the computer. Often programs that allow teachers to do this will graph the students grades and show progress as well as class averages. Parent Portal connects to this so parents can see what the students are doing as well. Different systems vary for each school.http://www.mygradebook.com/
http://www.okaloosaschools.com/?q=students/grades-online
9) Assignment/ Assessment Basket
source- http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom-management/school/4731.htmlCreate an assignment basket or tray.Use a basket or tray for students to turn in assignments. You can have a different basket or tray for each class or subject. Then train your students to turn in assignments in these places.
10) Assign Each Student a Number
source-http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom-management/school/4731.html
Assign the same number to each student that you used in your grade book. Have each student write his or her number on every assignment. Use corresponding student numbers to label all student materials, including mailboxes.